Hospitals - Care of Infants After Discharge
Sponsor: Cory V. McCray (District 45)Committee: FinanceSubject: Health Care Facilities and RegulationStatus: Hearing 3/08 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Nov 13, 2024)
What this bill does
Official synopsis
Requiring a hospital to provide certain oral and written instructions on safe sleep environments for infants to the parent or legal guardian of an infant before the hospital discharges an infant into the care of the parent or legal guardian; requiring a hospital before discharging an infant to ask a parent or legal guardian to describe the environment in which the infant will sleep; and requiring the Maryland Department of Health to develop a certain list of resources available for an infant's parent or legal guardian.
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Testimony (12)
MGA witness listFAV 7FavorableFWA 3Favorable with amendmentsUNF 2Unfavorable
| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | Costa, Cathy | Baltimore City Health Department | Oral |
| FAV | Hudson, Lee | Delaware-Maryland Synod, ELCA | Position only |
| FAV | Krienke, Janelobbyist | Maryland Hospital Association | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Themelis, Nina | Mayor's Office of Government Relations | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Harris, Mrs. | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Senator McCray, Senator McCraylegislator | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | winkler, tamika | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Meyerovich, Mark | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | mcavoy, vince | Individual | Position only |
| FWA | Choo, Shelly | Maryland Department of Health | Oral |
| FWA | Kasemeyer, Pam | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FWA | State of, Maryland | Individual | Written (PDF) |